chess
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1. a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | board game, |
| definition | : | a game played on a specially designed board (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | shogi, |
| definition | : | a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | chess move, |
| definition | : | the act of moving a chess piece (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | en passant, |
| definition | : | (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | exchange, |
| definition | : | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | exchange, |
| definition | : | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | check, |
| definition | : | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | chess opening, opening, |
| definition | : | a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | counterattack, counterplay, |
| definition | : | (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | bishop, |
| definition | : | (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | black, |
| definition | : | (board games) the darker pieces (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | castle, rook, |
| definition | : | (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | king, |
| definition | : | (chess) the weakest but the most important piece (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | horse, knight, |
| definition | : | a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | pawn, |
| definition | : | (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | queen, |
| definition | : | (chess) the most powerful piece (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | white, |
| definition | : | (board games) the lighter pieces (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | development, |
| definition | : | a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | develop, |
| definition | : | move into a strategically more advantageous position (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | develop, |
| definition | : | move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | stalemate, |
| definition | : | subject to a stalemate (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | castle, |
| definition | : | move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | open, |
| definition | : | make the opening move (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | promote, |
| definition | : | change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | checkmate, mate, |
| definition | : | place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | check, |
| definition | : | place into check (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | fork, |
| definition | : | place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | pin, |
| definition | : | immobilize a piece (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | queen, |
| definition | : | become a queen (verb.motion) |
2. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | brome, bromegrass, |
| definition | : | any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions (noun.plant) |
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